Objects in Solar System

An irregular shaped object made up of dust, rock and metal that is covered in ice and appears to have a tail.

• Comet

• Meteor

• Meteoroid

• Meteorite

An irregular shaped object that is found in the asteroid belt and is made up of rock, dust and metal.

• Meteor

• Planet

• Asteroid

• Meteoroid

A planet is...

• irregular shaped

• spherical shaped

A comet has a...

• short elliptical orbit

• long elliptical orbit

• short or long elliptical orbit

• short round orbit

• long or short round orbit

The dinosaurs were killed by a(n)?

• meteor

• meteorite

• asteroid

• comet

A star is... (select all that apply)

• made up of gases

• massive in size

• orbiting a planet

• the strongest gravitational force in a solar system

• spherical celestial body

^{Objects made of ice, gas and dust and orbit our sun are called:}

• Asteroids
• Comets
• Meteroids
• Meteors

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Asteroids "hang out" in our solar system in a place called:

• The Kupier Belt
• The Oort Cloud
• The Planetary Rings
• The Asteroid Belt

Huge chunks of rock and metal (some measuring miles wide) and are believed to be left-over pieces of planets and moons are called:

• Comets
• Meteors
• Asteroids
• Meteroids

We often see these objects appear as "shooting stars" or streak of light in the sky. They are "smaller" pieces of rock that are burning in our atmosphere.

• Asteroids

• Meteors

• Meteroids

• Comets